In a perfect scenario you would have RIM putting out the phone on time, however history has shown that rushing something to production as is the case with the Playbook, which was obviously rushed along leading to bad publicity and a lot of people not knowing anything about the tablet other than... don't you need to have a "Blackberry to make it work?" a question I was frequently asked after purchasing one.
If RIM is able to get it's newest phone whatever it is called out to market at a decent time and have it actually be a solid phone against the competition it would go a long way to restoring consumer faith in the product. Right now the brand itself is in some real trouble though if they are not able to do that because it does look as though they have fallen behind.
Granted opening up the App Store and getting more Android Developers is a great first step... Some more free (or at least equally priced) applications would be nice for the playbook.
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